Festival People en Español is finally here. If it seems sudden, or you don’t know what it is, that’s because it first appeared on the local radar in April. The city could end up spending $500,000 in incentive dollars to lure the festival here. And there will be a time to analyze the numbers. Today, […]
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Boston-based Mikyoung Kim Design LLC has been chosen for the HemisFair Park art plan. City Council is scheduled to vote on the selection on Thursday. The $88,500 one-time contract would be paid for by savings in the 2007 bond program. “Her (Mikyoung’s) recommendation will help guide us in the kind of artists that we need […]
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Goodwill Industries of San Antonio, Vistana Ltd., and MPL Family Limited Partnerships are teaming to contribute $31,086 to convert Laredo Street — between West Commerce and Dolorosa — into a two-way street. The city is chipping in another $58,913 from the 2007 bond program allocated for downtown transportation infrastructure. The project totals $90,000. Drivers will […]
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Government documents in general, I think, are intrinsically paradoxical in that they are equal parts mind-numbing and informative. The city’s proposed $2.3 billion, FY 2013 Operating and Capital Budget is no exception. It’s a bitch (hey, it’s 406 pages thick and until they actually pay me to do this, I’ll call it whatever I want). […]
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An agreement that would transfer operations of the Museo Alameda, 101 S. Santa Rosa Ave., to Texas A&M University-San Antonio lands on the City Council agenda this week. Read the previous Express-News story for details. Read the ordinance for details of the agreement. The lease between the city and Texas A&M would be for five […]
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Food trucks line up on Alamo Plaza for the Fiesta kickoff in April. The Food Truck Experiment of 2012 returns to Travis Park tomorrow for its monthly evening engagement — 5-8 p.m. Tuesday. Cheesy Jane’s, Lagniappe Today and Society Bakery are scheduled to line Jefferson Street. The evening event is a chance for the city […]
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Deputy City Manager Pat DiGiovanni plans to leave his position at the end of the year to become CEO of Centro Partnership — the public-private group which the city formed to help lead the downtown revitalization effort. Read the Express-News story for more on the hiring of DiGiovanni. DiGiovanni starts his new job Jan. 1, […]
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File this one under: “New Reasons Downtown Rocks.” At least in recent years, downtown San Antonio has lacked a good assortment of late-night eating options. I’m talking about having more to choose from than Mi Tierra, The Original and Denny’s. Having a 24/7 Whataburger on Market Street certainly helps. But my tummy can only take […]
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Local anime convention San Japan gathers recently in Exhibit Hall A of the Convention Center. In the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 City Budget, eight new positions would be created to manage the Convention Center expansion — a $325-million, 5-year capital project which is being called the largest in the city’s history. The team would serve […]
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Jim Cullum’s former digs is now a tequila bar. The jazz legend operated from the Landing on the River Walk for nearly 50 years. The spot at the bottom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel is also where Cullum’s band once broadcasted the public radio show “Riverwalk Jazz.” In 2009, Cullum sold the business to Chris […]
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San Antonio’s Central Library, designed by acclaimed Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, opened in 1995. With the dedication of this unique and colorful library building, San Antonio joined other prominent cities that welcome unique contemporary architecture as well as preserve and reuse their historic buildings.
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Mikael Lopez sets bowling pins at the Turner Club in 2009. EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTO A version of this column appeared in the Express-News on Aug. 18, 2012. On Jan. 1, 1940, Turner Club Inc., a longtime bowling group here, moved into its new home at 120 W. Ninth St. on the banks of the San […]
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It took longer than expected, but Kiran Bhalla now operates three downtown eateries. His latest is Alamo City Coffee & Creamery, 524 E. Houston St., in the former Woolworths Building. Bhalla also owns sandwich shops The Unofficial Best of Texas, 101 Alamo Plaza, and Healthy Me, 209 E. Travis St. But his latest offers the […]
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The Popeye pizza at Taste — Crepes & More. Taste — Crepes & More opened at the end of July at Broadway and Travis Street, the corner spot formerly held by Twin Sisters. I did not witness the madness, but I heard and read reports of the doors being locked after a certain time into […]
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Always timely with its speakers, the Downtown Alliance has booked Jack Wierzenski, director of the economic development for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, for its next Urban Renaissance luncheon. This event is especially timely considering the VIA Metropolitan Transit, the county and city are planning for a streetcar line for downtown. The luncheon is scheduled for […]
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